Good Dogs

New companions may win our hearts, but the best dogs never really leave us

What Gator lacks in steadiness, he makes up for in enthusiasm

In an exclusive (possibly imagined) interview, the real top dog in the Grisham household emerges

See photos from the 2024 Good Dog Photo Contest

See photos from the 2024 Good Dog Photo Contest

See photos from the 2024 Good Dog Photo Contest

See photos from the 2024 Good Dog Photo Contest

See photos from the 2024 Good Dog Photo Contest

See photos from the 2024 Good Dog Photo Contest

See photos from the 2024 Good Dog Photo Contest

See photos from the 2024 Good Dog Photo Contest

See photos from the 2024 Good Dog Photo Contest

Scottie was more intelligent than most canines—and not a few humans

From his time as a navy medical corpsman to working with bomb-sniffing dogs in Afghanistan, Grayson Guyer followed a winding path back to North Carolina and training companion gundogs

They nurture the bond between outdoorsmen and their four-legged partners

A hunter’s fitting send-off to a loyal, if sometimes hardheaded, Boykin spaniel

Let us introduce you to our pack

When cancer struck, one Texas writer found quiet comfort in her rowdy pup

A summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains proves just the thing for a freewheeling Appalachian golden wolf

After the loss of a beloved pup, one author fills a mutt-sized hole by following Westminster’s purebreds